Herdmania momus Herdman's sea squirt, Giant Pink Ascidian, Red-lipped Ascidian, Red Throated Ascidian

Herdmania momus is commonly referred to as Herdman's sea squirt, Giant Pink Ascidian, Red-lipped Ascidian, Red Throated Ascidian. Difficulty in the aquarium: Not suitable for aquarium keeping. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

Profile

lexID:

3146 

AphiaID:

103830 

Scientific:

Herdmania momus 

German:

Herdmans Seescheide, Rote Lippen Seescheide 

English:

Herdman's Sea Squirt, Giant Pink Ascidian, Red-lipped Ascidian, Red Throated Ascidian 

Category:

Osłonice 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Ascidiacea (Class) > Stolidobranchia (Order) > Pyuridae (Family) > Herdmania (Genus) > momus (Species) 

Initial determination:

(Savigny, ), 1816 

Occurrence:

Kuwait, Vereinigte Arabische Emirate, Djibouti, Zirkumsubtropisch, Ambon, Antigua and Barbuda, Australia, Bahrain, Belize, Brazil, Circumtropic, Columbia, Corea, Cuba, Curacao, East Africa, Egypt, Fiji, Florida, French Polynesia, Gulf of Aqaba / Gulf of Eliat, Gulf of Mexico, Gulf of Oman / Oman, Hawaii, Indian Ocean, Indo Pacific, Indonesia, Invasive Species, Jamaica, Japan, Kenya, Lessepsian migrant, Lesser Antilles, Micronesia, Moluccas, Mozambique, New Caledonia, New South Wales (Australia), New Zealand, North Atlantic Ocean, Northern Mariana Islands, Okinawa, Panama, Philippines, Puerto Rico, Queensland (Australia), Red Sea, Singapore, Somalia, South China Sea, South-Africa, Subantarctic Isles, Sulu Sea , the British Isles, the Cape Verde Archipelago, the Caribbean, the Mediterranean Sea, the Netherlands Antilles, The Ryukyu Islands, Vietnam, Virgin Islands, U.S., Western Indian Ocean, Yemen 

Marine Zone:

Subtidal, sublittoral, infralittoral, deep zone of the oceans from the lower limit of the intertidal zone (intertidal) to the shelf edge at about 200 m water depth. neritic. 

Sea depth:

7 - 100 Meter 

Habitats:

Bollards, Jetties, Sea bridges, Mangrove Zones, Port facilities, Rocky, hard seabeds, Seawater, Sea water, Ship Hulls, Stony soils 

Size:

1.97" - 3.15" (5cm - 8cm) 

Temperature:

21,8 °F - 28,9 °F (21,8°C - 28,9°C) 

Food:

Brachionus, Filter feeder, Invertebrates, Plankton, Suspension feeder, Zooplankton 

Difficulty:

Not suitable for aquarium keeping 

Offspring:

Not available as offspring 

Toxicity:

Toxic hazard unknown 

CITES:

Not evaluated 

Red List:

Not evaluated (NE) 

Related species at
Catalog of Life:

• Herdmania armata
• Herdmania colona
• Herdmania coutieri
• Herdmania curvata
• Herdmania fimbriae
• Herdmania insolita
• Herdmania japonica
• Herdmania kiiensis
• Herdmania mentula
• 
  Herdmania momus
  Herdmans Seescheide, Rote Lippen Seescheide
• Herdmania polyducta
• Herdmania subpallida
• Alle anzeigen

 

More related species
in this lexicon:

• 
  Herdmania grandis
  Mauve-Mund Herdmania
• 
  Herdmania pallida
  Seescheide

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2010-05-01 09:48:44 

Last edit:

2024-03-16 19:47:56 

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